I just purchased a laptop with an A10-4600M + 7670M (7660G + 7670M Dual Graphics, which I'm sure you guys already know, but I'm trying to be precise).

The general concensus of what I could find out about the graphics situation was that everything was miles better if I updated the graphics drivers to 12.8 (3) with embedded Catalyst 12.9.

So I downloaded those ^^^, and here's what happened.

1. First I started with auto-detect drivers from the AMD site. Everytime I ran it, it said something like "OS and drivers could not be detected" (or nothing at all happened)

2. I installed 12-8_vista_win7_win8_64_dd_ccc ---> here's where it went bad. During installation, I did not read that the display would flicker or cut out. After two minutes of nothing happening, I shut it down hard (DARN!)

3. - 5. Whilst the drivers may get a basic install, everything needed to correctly intitialise and make them work correctly may not due to proprietary components in the laptop - as per the auto detect utility usage read me notes.

6. Message = due to drivers needed for laptop to run correctly are not the generic AMD ones. See Mobility release notes / Mobility webpage.

There were several users who referenced the Catalyst 12.8 (3) setup and 12.9 updates (stating how great they were), both on youtube and the product reviews on futureshop for this product, so how could I properly install them?

I definitely messed up though, because I just put my copy of Dirt3 on here, and the program prepares to launch, then the screen goes black for two seconds, and then it reverts to the desktop with nothing having happened

I'd go for a system restore and put it back to whatever the factory defaults were .. and then cross-reference the installed VGA driver version with the one on the driver page, if it's a newer version of the driver on the download page then you can install that one

I'm going to try it and hope for the best. I can't load any games right now without them crashing immediately... so here goes nothing!!! If all else fails, I would still be able to restore, right? right...? RIGHT!?